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Aaron McPherson's avatar

Yes, I did read the letters. However, the complaints about the Bazelon article are just nitpicking, in my view. I actually feel it’s the opposite of what you claim; that the extreme trans folks are throwing the NYT under the bus because it won’t advocate for them. That’s not the job of a news organization, and just because right wing media thinks it is their job doesn’t mean that the NYT should change it’s policy.

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John Robert's avatar

Exceptionally skilled nittpicking is highly prized by the radical trans ideologues. JK Rowling first got into trouble with that crowd for a suggestion she had for a revision of a solicitation from a charity raising money to buy hygiene products for women in Africa. (They're especially needed for schoolgirls.) Now, I just exposed myself for cancelling twice, you see. Rowling suggested the word "women" as a substitute for the phrase "persons who use feminine hygiene products". The little pukes who made fortunes reciting lines she had written were outraged she had excluded trans men. It took me about three minutes to figure out what was wrong with an edit I'd think Strunk and White would approve.

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